Hampstead man charged in beating of girlfriend He was freed on bail in alleged kidnapping, assault 2 weeks ago

September 12, 1997|By Mike Farabaugh | Mike Farabaugh,SUN STAFF

Fourteen days after being freed on $25,000 bail in an allegedly kidnapping and assault on his girlfriend, a Hampstead man was arrested yesterday and accused of beating her unconscious.

Michael L. Hauck, 32, of the 1000 block of S. Main St., was ordered held without bond at the Carroll County Detention Center after a bail review hearing yesterday before District Court Judge JoAnn Ellinghaus-Jones.

Hauck's girlfriend, Penny L. Jones, 37, of the same Hampstead address, was treated and released at Carroll County General Hospital, a hospital spokeswoman said.

Hauck waived his right to an attorney and told Ellinghaus-Jones that he and his girlfriend had plans to marry tomorrow.

Hockensmith also noted that Hauck had two pending cases for assault and battery and drug offenses in Baltimore County.

Court records show Hauck has been free on $7,500 bond in unrelated assault charges filed in Carroll County in March, which involved allegations of assaulting two women and a police officer, and resisting arrest.

Hauck was scheduled for trial Wednesday in that case, but prosecutors were granted a postponment because of a death in the family of a key state's witness.

Trooper Danielle Barry, who was assigned Wednesday as regional domestic violence coordinator for the state police, testified that she was called at 7 a.m. yesterday to Carroll County General Hospital, where she met Jones.

Barry said the woman identified Hauck as her assailant. The officer said doctors treated Jones for a fractured nose and cheekbone, and facial lacerations.

In charging documents filed yesterday, police said Jones told them she and Hauck had gone to a Hampstead bar and began arguing on the way home.

She said she demanded to get out of his truck and began walking home, but he followed and threatened to kill her if she didn't accompany him. When she refused, Jones told police, Hauck got out of the truck and punched her.

Jones said she awoke nude in her room and that Hauck was naked and asleep on the floor.

According to court records, the woman told police that she found her bloodied dress soaking in the kitchen sink along with Hauck's shirt. She said she dressed and walked to a convenience store to call police.

Police said in charging documents that Jones complained of dizziness and vision problems as emergency workers assisted her about 4 a.m. at the convenience store before taking her to the hospital.

Jerry F. Barnes, state's attorney for Carroll County, said Jones apparently had not tried to obtain court-ordered protection after the alleged kidnapping on Aug. 26.

"Michael Hauck is a predator, a danger to the community, and we are going to do everything we can legally do to keep him locked up until he faces the charges against him in the courtroom," Barnes said.

Hockensmith said a private attorney or public defender could seek to have Hauck's bail lowered in Circuit Court on Monday.